LawFuel’s 2022 Lawyer of the Year is the battling ‘loophole lawyer’ who fought to get Charlotte Bellis into the country under the MIQ lottery system.
Article source: Jeffcoat Injury and Car Accident LawyersImage generated by GeminiIn South Carolina, distracted driving is not a minor issue; it’s a documented crisis, contributing to over 20,000 traffic collisions annually. According to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, this equates to roughly two crashes every hour involving a distracted driver. In response, the
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The numbers don’t lie — and right now they’re lighting up the insolvency and restructuring sector like a Christmas tree.
New data confirms 2,867 companies entered liquidation in 2025 — the highest annual total since 2010 and the fourth-highest in 25 years.
Centrix puts the figure at 2,934, while broader formal appointments (liquidations + receiverships + voluntary administrations) reached 3,080–3,132 — up 11–12% on 2024 and the highest level since the Global Financial Crisis.
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Former Bell Gully Chair Roger Partridge has come out swinging again over the ‘stealth’ activities of the Supreme Court as they steal law-making power in a ‘coup’ that has lawyers either ignorant of what is occurring, or deciding that silence is the best option.Writing in his Substack column Partridge, (pictured) who a former litigator with
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When Weil, Gotshal & Manges announced last week that Ramona Y. Nee will succeed Barry Wolf as Executive Partner from January 2027, the news landed with the quiet inevitability of a deal that everyone saw coming.
Wolf, who has steered the firm for 16 years, called her “uniquely suited.” He was not exaggerating. For nearly a quarter-century Nee has been the quiet engine of Weil’s U.S. private equity practice and the beating heart of its Boston office. Now the firm is handing her the keys.
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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP today announced its leadership succession plan, continuing a strategic transition as Executive Partner Barry M. Wolf prepares to retire as partner at the end of 2027, after having led the Firm for the past 16 years. Succeeding Barry as Executive Partner will be Ramona Y. Nee, who currently serves as Co-Managing
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A former senior health employee has admitted corruption charges related to receiving $258,541 in payments from medical equipment and software supply companies, in a case brought by the Serious Fraud Office.Former Auckland District Health Board (ADHB) senior manager Garry Gorham today entered guilty pleas to three charges of acceptance of gifts by an agent,related to
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It’s always pleasing to see genuine achievement recognised without fanfare or fuss. Last Friday evening, at The Law Association of New Zealand’s inaugural President’s Dinner in Auckland, the Honourable Raynor Asher KC was one of four distinguished figures awarded Life Membership, a quiet but emphatic nod to a career that has quietly shaped the profession
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Retired High Court judge Justice Simon Moore KC has been appointed sole commissioner of the Public Inquiry into the Disappearance of the Phillips Children and will be paid a daily fee of $1,680 for an eight-hour day (equating to $210 per hour), documents obtained under the Official Information Act confirm.The rate applies for work of
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There are messy breakups, and then there’s the nuclear-level legal car crash now exploding between top-rated radio hosts Kyle Sandilands and Australian Radio Network (ARN). Official termination landed this morning (18 March 2026), a $100 million contract to 2034 is in tatters, Jackie “O” Henderson is out too, and the only guaranteed winners are the
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Specialist employment law firm Edwards Sluiters says it is seeing a growing number of employees using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to draft workplace correspondence during disputes.William Buckley, employment lawyer at Edwards Sluiters, says AI is increasingly being used to prepare emails to managers, letters raising concerns, and responses during disciplinary processes. In some cases, AI-generated material has
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